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Photograph article dated August 9, 1962 partially reads, "Feathers, felt and straw replaced traditional baseball caps for untraditional 'Fractured Fractions' baseball team, comprised of dads whose sons play with minor league teams in Central Valley Little League. Fractions play each year against major league team fathers, lost this year 10-4, but still delighted crowd with their fringed-at-the-knee knickers, white shirts sporting fractions of numbers, and individual headgear including sports car, Confederate, Texan, Polynesian and Indian headdress hat varieties...Team was organized approximately six years ago." Fractured Fractions team member, Bob Glenn, wears a confederate hat. Location is unidentified.; See images #00124088 through #00124093 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Baseball--California--San Fernando Valley Baseball teams--California--San Fernando Valley Baseball players--California--San Fernando Valley Men--California--San Fernando Valley Hats--California--San Fernando Valley Sunglasses--California--San Fernando Valley Baseball fields--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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